Marcia Gay Harden

Marcia Gay Harden

Born: August 14, 1959
in La Jolla, California, USA
Marcia Gay Harden (born August 14, 1959) is an American film and stage actress. She is the recipient of many accolades including an Academy Award and a Tony Award, in addition to nominations for a Critics' Choice Movie Award and three Primetime Emmy Awards.

She began her acting career appearing in television programs throughout the 1980s. In 1986, she appeared in her first film role, with her breakthrough coming in the 1990 Coen brothers-directed Miller's Crossing.

Her next notable film credits include The First Wives Club (1996), Flubber (1997), and Space Cowboys (2000). She received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Lee Krasner in Pollock (2000). She had a supporting role in Mona Lisa Smile (2003). She received a second Academy Award nomination for her performance as Celeste Boyle in the drama film Mystic River (2003).

She appeared in several 2007 films, including Sean Penn's Into the Wild and Frank Darabont's The Mist, based on the novella by Stephen King. Also in 2007, she shared top billing with Kevin Bacon in Rails & Ties, the directorial debut of Alison Eastwood. Harden played a woman who has a mastectomy in Home (2008). (Her character in Rails & Ties also had a mastectomy.) One scene required her to bare her breasts, with the missing breast removed using computer-generated imagery. In Home, her co-stars include her daughter, Eulala Scheel.

In 2009, she had quite a busy year. She appeared as a regular on the FX series Damages as a shrewd corporate attorney opposite Glenn Close and William Hurt. She co-starred in the films Whip It, and The Maiden Heist. She returned to Broadway in Yasmina Reza's God of Carnage, co-starring with James Gandolfini, Hope Davis and Jeff Daniels. All three actors were nominated for a Tony Award; Harden won Best Actress in a Play. She received her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her role as FBI Special Agent Dana Lewis in the crime drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and earned a second Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her performance as Janina Krzyżanowska in the television film The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009).

She reunited with her former Broadway co-star Jeff Daniels as a new cast member on HBO's series The Newsroom in 2013. In 2015, she had a starring role in the medical drama Code Black. Her other notable television credits include ABC's How to Get Away with Murder and the Apple TV+ series The Morning Show.

She played Christian Grey's mother, Grace Trevelyan Grey, in the Fifty Shades film series from 2015 to 2018. She stars in the 2022 CBS drama So Help Me Todd.

Movies for Marcia Gay Harden...

Knox Goes Away
Title: Knox Goes Away
Character: Ruby Knox
Released: March 15, 2024
Type: Movie
A contract killer, after being diagnosed with a fast-moving form of dementia, is presented with the opportunity to redeem himself by saving the life of his estranged adult son. But to do so, he must race against the police closing in on him as well as the ticking clock of his own rapidly deteriorating mind.
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Daughter of the Bride
Title: Daughter of the Bride
Character: Diane
Released: February 3, 2023
Type: Movie
Diane and Kate are not only mother and daughter but also best friends. Their lives are turned upside down, however, when Diane announces her engagement to a man named Bruce, whom she's been secretly dating.
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Tell It Like a Woman
Title: Tell It Like a Woman
Character: Dr. Partovi
Released: October 7, 2022
Type: Movie
Tell It Like A Woman comprises of seven segments that are directed by female directors from different parts of the world and shot in Italy, India, Japan, and the U.S. Each segment is an inspirational and empowering story about women, by women, for everyone.
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Title: So Help Me Todd
Character: Margaret
Released: September 29, 2022
Type: TV
Despite their opposing personalities, a talented but directionless P.I. who is the black sheep of his family begrudgingly agrees to work as the in-house investigator for his overbearing mother, a successful attorney reeling from the recent dissolution of her marriage.
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Confess, Fletch
Title: Confess, Fletch
Character: Countess Sylvia de Grassi
Released: September 16, 2022
Type: Movie
The roguishly charming and endlessly troublesome Fletch becomes the prime suspect in a murder case while searching for a stolen art collection. The only way to prove his innocence? Find out which of the long list of suspects is the culprit - from the eccentric art dealer and a missing playboy to a crazy neighbor and Fletch’s Italian girlfriend. Crime, in fact, has never been this disorganized.
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Title: Sherri
Character: Self - Guest
Released: September 12, 2022
Type: TV
Sherri Shepherd, actress, comic, and Emmy Award-winning longtime co-host of "The View", appears before a live audience with a daily dose of pop culture, comedy, conversations, and daytime talk staples, including celebrity and human interest interviews;
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Gigi & Nate
Title: Gigi & Nate
Character: Claire Gibson
Released: September 2, 2022
Type: Movie
A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend.
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Title: Uncoupled
Character: Claire Lewis
Released: July 29, 2022
Type: TV
Michael thought his life was perfect until his husband blindsided him by walking out after 17 years. Michael has to confront two nightmares — losing his soulmate and suddenly finding himself a single gay man in his mid-40s.
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Title: The Cuphead Show!
Character: Sally Stageplay (voice)
Released: February 18, 2022
Type: TV
Follow the misadventures of the impulsive Cuphead and his cautious but persuadable brother Mugman in this animated series based on the hit video game.
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Title: Money, Explained
Character: Self - Narrator
Released: May 11, 2021
Type: TV
We spend it, we borrow it, and save it. Now let's talk about money and its many minefields, from credit cards to casino, scammers to student loans.
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Moxie
Title: Moxie
Character: Principal Shelly
Released: March 3, 2021
Type: Movie
Inspired by her mom's rebellious past and a confident new friend, a shy 16-year-old publishes an anonymous zine calling out sexism at her school.
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Pink Skies Ahead
Title: Pink Skies Ahead
Character: Pamela
Released: October 18, 2020
Type: Movie
A young woman struggles with an anxiety disorder after dropping out of school.
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Title: Barkskins
Character: Mathilde Geffard
Released: May 25, 2020
Type: TV
A disparate group of outcasts and dreamers battle to escape their pasts while navigating the brutal frontier hardships, competing interests, and tangled loyalties at the crossroads of civilization: the New World. Based on the novel by Pulitzer-winner Annie Proulx.
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Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone
Title: Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone
Character: Self
Released: April 26, 2020
Type: Movie
Online special co-hosted by Billy Eichner and Lilly Singh in response to COVID-19 featuring celebrities and live performances raising funds for LGBTQ community centers.
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Title: The Morning Show
Character: Maggie Brener
Released: November 1, 2019
Type: TV
A behind-the-scenes look at the lives of the people who help America wake up in the morning, exploring the unique challenges faced by the men and women who carry out this daily televised ritual.
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Title: Tamron Hall
Character: Self - Guest
Released: September 9, 2019
Type: TV
Former news host and journalist Tamron Hall discusses all things topical and engages those she interviews in thorough meaningful and entertaining conversations.
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Title: The Kelly Clarkson Show
Released: September 9, 2019
Type: TV
Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and everyday people who are beacons of hope in their communities.
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Point Blank
Title: Point Blank
Character: Lieutenant Lewis
Released: July 12, 2019
Type: Movie
A nurse is forced to spring a wounded murder suspect from the hospital when the man’s brother kidnaps his pregnant wife and wants to make a trade.
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Title: Reef Break
Character: Betty Ann Miller
Released: June 19, 2019
Type: TV
Cat Chambers is a thief-turned-fixer for the governor of a stunning and seductive Pacific Island paradise. Impulsive, reckless, and irresistible, Cat's less-than-perfect past gives her an instinctive gift for understanding crime and criminals as she becomes enmeshed in fast-paced, high-octane adventures and island intrigue.
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Title: RuPaul
Character: Herself
Released: June 10, 2019
Type: TV
The RuPaul Show is more than just a talk show… It’s a movement! The all new RuPaul Show is building a community of people who want to spread love and joy through the world… and have a lot of fun doing it. From celebrity guests to the latest trends, and stunning makeover transformations to the life hacks and hot tips you need to hear— the RuPaul Show is your television destination for love and positivity! Join the movement!
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Love You to Death
Title: Love You to Death
Character: Camile
Released: January 26, 2019
Type: Movie
Inspired by a true story, this film tells the shocking tale of a mother and daughter who are nothing like they seem, their tumultuous relationship ending in a brutal murder.
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Title: The Oil Fund
Character: USA Ambassadør
Released: December 16, 2018
Type: TV
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Title: A Million Little Things
Character: Alice Mendez
Released: September 26, 2018
Type: TV
A group of friends from Boston who feel stuck in life experience an unexpected wake-up call after one of their friends dies unexpectedly.
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Fifty Shades Freed
Title: Fifty Shades Freed
Character: Grace Grey
Released: January 17, 2018
Type: Movie
Believing they have left behind shadowy figures from their past, newlyweds Christian and Ana fully embrace an inextricable connection and shared life of luxury. But just as she steps into her role as Mrs. Grey and he relaxes into an unfamiliar stability, new threats could jeopardize their happy ending before it even begins.
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Fifty Shades Darker
Title: Fifty Shades Darker
Character: Grace Trevelyan Grey
Released: February 8, 2017
Type: Movie
When a wounded Christian Grey tries to entice a cautious Ana Steele back into his life, she demands a new arrangement before she will give him another chance. As the two begin to build trust and find stability, shadowy figures from Christian’s past start to circle the couple, determined to destroy their hopes for a future together.
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Get a Job
Title: Get a Job
Character: Katherine Dunn
Released: March 17, 2016
Type: Movie
Life after college graduation is not exactly going as planned for Will and Jillian who find themselves lost in a sea of increasingly strange jobs. But with help from their family, friends and coworkers they soon discover that the most important (and hilarious) adventures are the ones that we don't see coming.
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Title: Code Black
Character: Dr. Leanne Rorish
Released: September 30, 2015
Type: TV
Inspired by the award-winning documentary, this medical drama is set in the busiest and most notorious ER in the nation where the extraordinary staff confront a challenged system in order to protect their ideals and the patients who need them the most.
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Title: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Released: September 8, 2015
Type: TV
Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late night, where he talks with an eclectic mix of guests about what is new and relevant in the worlds of politics, entertainment, business, music, technology, and more. Featuring bandleader Jon Batiste with his band Stay Human, the Emmy Award-nominated show is broadcast from the historic Ed Sullivan Theater. Stephen Colbert, Chris Licht, Tom Purcell, and Jon Stewart are executive producers. Barry Julien and Denise Rehrig serve as co-executive producers.must watch
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After Words
Title: After Words
Character: Jane
Released: August 21, 2015
Type: Movie
Faced with a midlife crisis, a woman travels to Costa Rica and meets a younger man who shows her adventure and romance.
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Unity
Title: Unity
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: August 12, 2015
Type: Movie
Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on -- none of these has assuaged humankind from killing one another, the animals, and nature. UNITY is a film about why we can't seem to get along, even after thousands and thousands of years.
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Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant
Title: Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant
Character: President of the FAFAFA
Released: June 5, 2015
Type: Movie
A self-anointed 'renegade' male flight attendant must save the day when the airline he works for tries to eliminate flight attendants as a cost-cutting measure.
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Grandma
Title: Grandma
Character: Judy
Released: June 4, 2015
Type: Movie
Self-described misanthrope Elle Reid has her protective bubble burst when her 18-year-old granddaughter, Sage, shows up needing help. The two of them go on a day-long journey that causes Elle to come to terms with her past and Sage to confront her future.
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Fifty Shades of Grey
Title: Fifty Shades of Grey
Character: Dr. Grey
Released: February 11, 2015
Type: Movie
When college senior Anastasia Steele steps in for her sick roommate to interview prominent businessman Christian Grey for their campus paper, little does she realize the path her life will take. Christian, as enigmatic as he is rich and powerful, finds himself strangely drawn to Ana, and she to him. Though sexually inexperienced, Ana plunges headlong into an affair -- and learns that Christian's true sexual proclivities push the boundaries of pain and pleasure.
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You're Not You
Title: You're Not You
Character: Elizabeth
Released: October 10, 2014
Type: Movie
A drama centered on a classical pianist who has been diagnosed with ALS and the brash college student who becomes her caregiver.
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Title: How to Get Away with Murder
Character: Hannah Keating
Released: September 25, 2014
Type: TV
A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor. They become entangled in a murder plot and will shake the entire university and change the course of their lives.
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Title: BoJack Horseman
Character: Denise (voice)
Released: August 22, 2014
Type: TV
Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the 90s - 20 years later. BoJack Horseman was the star of the hit TV show "Horsin' Around," but today he's washed up, living in Hollywood, complaining about everything, and wearing colorful sweaters.
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Magic in the Moonlight
Title: Magic in the Moonlight
Character: Mrs. Baker
Released: July 25, 2014
Type: Movie
Set in the 1920s French Riviera, a master magician is commissioned to try and expose a psychic as a fraud.
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Elsa & Fred
Title: Elsa & Fred
Character: Lydia
Released: March 7, 2014
Type: Movie
After his daughter persuades him to move into a new apartment, aged widower Fred strikes up a friendship with his eccentric 74-year-old neighbour Elsa, who convinces him it's never too late to keep enjoying life. Although he seemed resigned to a miserable bedridden existence, Fred embraces Elsa's youthful enthusiasm as she introduces him to the path of life and entertains him with outlandish stories about her past life. But when he discovers Elsa's terminally ill, Fred decides to accompany her on the trip of her dreams to the eternal city of Rome to help her fulfil a lifelong ambition.
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Parkland
Title: Parkland
Character: Doris Nelson
Released: October 2, 2013
Type: Movie
November 22nd, 1963 was a day that changed the world forever — when young American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. This film follows, almost in real time, a handful of individuals forced to make split-second decisions after an event that would change their lives and forever alter the world’s landscape.
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Title: Trophy Wife
Character: Dr. Diane Buckley
Released: September 24, 2013
Type: TV
The third time's the charm, they say, and reformed party girl Kate is hoping that's true when she becomes the third wife of a slightly older man, Pete. They fell into each others' arms (literally) at a karaoke bar, and flash forward a year later, Kate finds herself with an instafamily complete with three stepchildren and two ex-wives. But Kate is determined to make this work and become a part of the family no matter what.
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The Wine of Summer
Title: The Wine of Summer
Character: Shelley
Released: September 13, 2013
Type: Movie
A frustrated actor travels to Spain in search of a playwright, a trip that unexpectedly binds him to a group of five previously unconnected people.
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Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Title: Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Character: Self
Released: April 27, 2013
Type: Movie
With a focus on Clint Eastwood's career as a director, this documentary features movie clips, behind-the-scenes footage, interviews with people with whom he has worked, as well as comments from Clint Eastwood himself.
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If I Were You
Title: If I Were You
Character: Madelyn
Released: March 15, 2013
Type: Movie
When a woman tries to outwit her husband's sexy young mistress, the unexpected consequences include starring as King Lear in a very amateur production - with the mistress, an aspiring actress, playing The Fool.
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Title: The Newsroom
Character: Rebecca Halliday
Released: June 24, 2012
Type: TV
A behind-the-scenes look at the people who make a nightly cable-news program. Focusing on a network anchor, his new executive producer, the newsroom staff and their boss, the series tracks their quixotic mission to do the news well in the face of corporate and commercial obstacles-not to mention their own personal entanglements.
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Title: Bent
Character: Vanessa Carter
Released: March 21, 2012
Type: TV
Newly divorced lawyer and single mom Alex is raising her 10-year-old, Charlie. Hoping to redo her kitchen, she hires Pete, a recovering gambling addict, surfer and womanizer—and the two soon discover they're able to help one another in surprising ways.
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Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
Title: Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
Character: Marjorie Dunfour
Released: February 24, 2012
Type: Movie
Precocious yet sensitive teenager James has a deep perception of the world but no idea how to live in it. Finding no help from his divorced parents nor his older memoir-writing sister, he decides to reject the beliefs adults try to push on him, starting with the college career that is looming over his last summer in New York, and embarks instead on a search for wisdom through nontraditional means...
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Innocent
Title: Innocent
Character: Barbara Sabich
Released: November 29, 2011
Type: Movie
Bill Pullman (Independence Day, Torchwood) stars as Rusty Sabich, a judge charged with the murder of his wife, a situation that comes 20 years after he was cleared in the death of his mistress. During this latest trial, a secret affair from Rusty's recent past threatens to hamper his defense and fracture his relationship with his son. Oscar® winner Marcia Gay Harden (Pollack, Damages) plays Rusty's wife, while Alfred Molina (Spider-Man 2, Law & Order: LA) is his friend and defense attorney. Scott Turow's Innocent is a sequel to Turow's bestseller Presumed Innocent. The movie is written and directed by Mike Robe
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Detachment
Title: Detachment
Character: Principal Carol Dearden
Released: April 24, 2011
Type: Movie
A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long enough to form any semblance of sentient attachment.
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Title: Body of Proof
Character: Sheila Temple
Released: March 29, 2011
Type: TV
Dr. Megan Hunt was in a class of her own, a brilliant neurosurgeon at the top of her game. But her world is turned upside down when a devastating car accident puts an end to her time in the operating room. Megan resumes her career as a medical examiner, determined to solve the puzzle of who or what killed the victims.
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Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy
Title: Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy
Character: Edda Mellas
Released: February 21, 2011
Type: Movie
Based on the events surrounding the murder of British student Meredith Kercher.Hayden Panettiere (Heroes) and Marcia Gay Harden (Academy Award winner for Pollock) star in the Lifetime Original Movie Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy based on the international headline-grabbing story of the now infamous American exchange student accused by Italian authorities of brutally killing her roommate. Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy poses the question of whether Knox (Panettiere), the Seattle honors student accused of murdering her college roommate Meredith Kercher (Amanda Fernando Stevens) in 2007 with her boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito (Paolo Romio) and acquaintance Rudy Guede (Djirbi Kebe), actually committed the crime or was herself a victim.
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Title: Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Character: Self - Guest
Released: July 16, 2009
Type: TV
Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.
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The Maiden Heist
Title: The Maiden Heist
Character: Rose Barlow
Released: May 9, 2009
Type: Movie
A comedy centered on three museum security guards who devise a plan to steal back the artworks to which they have become attached after they are transferred to another museum.
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Home
Title: Home
Character: Inga
Released: May 1, 2009
Type: Movie
Inga is a mother with the soul of a poet at a crossroads. Her estranged husband Hermann is bereft of emotional support for her in the wake of her recovery from breast cancer, let alone her passion for buying and restoring and house that reminds her of her childhood home. She shares a close bond with her eight-year-old daughter, and though she is troubled by her decaying marriage, she retains a strong spirit of optimism, as expressed in her own writing.
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The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
Title: The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
Character: Janina Krzyżanowska
Released: April 19, 2009
Type: Movie
Irena Sendler is a Catholic social worker who has sympathized with the Jews since her childhood, when her physician father died of typhus contracted while treating poor Jewish patients. When she initially proposes saving Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto, her idea is met with skepticism by fellow workers, her parish priest, and even her own mother Janina.
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Whip It
Title: Whip It
Character: Brooke Cavendar
Released: April 9, 2009
Type: Movie
In Bodeen, Texas, Land Of The Dragon, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin.
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Sex and Lies in Sin City
Title: Sex and Lies in Sin City
Character: Becky Binion
Released: October 25, 2008
Type: Movie
Star-studded thriller about the sordid murder of reckless Las Vegas casino mogul Ted Binion. This gritty film delves into the twisted world of Binion's beauty-queen-turned-stripper girlfriend, Sandy, and her secret lover. When Binion turns up dead of an overdose, all fingers point to Sandy, the beneficiary of his millions. A shockingly true tale of love gone sour and greed gone wild on the dark side of Las Vegas.
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Christmas Cottage
Title: Christmas Cottage
Character: Maryanne Kinkade
Released: October 15, 2008
Type: Movie
Inspired by the picturesque paintings of Thomas Kinkade, The Christmas Cottage tells the semi-autobiographical tale of how a young boy is propelled to launch a career as an artist after he learns that his mother is in danger of losing the family home.
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When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
Title: When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
Character: Self
Released: March 25, 2008
Type: Movie
Behind the scenes documentary on the making of the film.
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The Mist
Title: The Mist
Character: Mrs. Carmody
Released: November 21, 2007
Type: Movie
After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other people. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten their lives, and worse, their sanity.
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Fog City Mavericks
Title: Fog City Mavericks
Character: Herself
Released: October 24, 2007
Type: Movie
Fog City Mavericks: The Filmmakers of San Francisco is a compelling exploration of the legendary filmmakers who call the San Francisco Bay Area home including George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, Clint Eastwood, Chris Columbus and producer Saul Zaentz. The special weaves interviews, commentaries and unforgettable moments from some of the most visionary movies ever created such as American Graffiti, the Star Wars film series, the Indiana Jones film series, The Godfather trilogy, Apocalypse Now, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, Toy Story, The Incredibles, Lost in Translation, Flags of Our Fathers and many others. It also features interviews with those who have worked with Bay Area mavericks: Steven Spielberg, Michael Douglas, Anthony Minghella, Milos Forman and Frank Darabont.
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Into the Wild
Title: Into the Wild
Character: Billie McCandless
Released: September 21, 2007
Type: Movie
After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity, and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness.
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Rails & Ties
Title: Rails & Ties
Character: Megan Stark
Released: September 1, 2007
Type: Movie
A deadly collision between a train and car lead to an unlikely bond between the train engineer and a young boy who escapes the carnage.
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Title: Damages
Character: Claire Maddox
Released: July 24, 2007
Type: TV
Damages is an American legal thriller television series created by the writing and production trio of Daniel Zelman and brothers Glenn and Todd A. Kessler. The plot revolves around the brilliant, ruthless lawyer Patty Hewes and her protégée, recent law school graduate Ellen Parsons. Each season features a major case that Hewes and her firm take on, while also examining a chapter of the complicated relationship between Ellen and Patty. The first two seasons center around the law firm Hewes & Associates. Later seasons center more on Patty and Ellen's relationship as Ellen begins to distance herself from Hewes & Associates and begins an independent career.
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The Invisible
Title: The Invisible
Character: Diane Powell
Released: April 27, 2007
Type: Movie
After an attack leaves him in limbo -- invisible to the living and also near death -- a teenager discovers the only person who might be able help him is his attacker.
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Canvas
Title: Canvas
Character: Mary Marino
Released: November 12, 2006
Type: Movie
A woman's schizophrenia affects her relationships with her husband and son.
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The Dead Girl
Title: The Dead Girl
Character: Melora
Released: November 7, 2006
Type: Movie
The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated people begin to intersect.
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The Hoax
Title: The Hoax
Character: Edith Irving
Released: October 14, 2006
Type: Movie
In what would cause a fantastic media frenzy, Clifford Irving sells his bogus biography of Howard Hughes to a premiere publishing house in the early 1970s.
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In from the Night
Title: In from the Night
Character: Vicki Miller
Released: April 23, 2006
Type: Movie
Vicki Miller is a writer who has cut herself off from her dysfunctional family. Her life drastically changes when one night, her 16-year-old nephew Bobby shows up unannounced on her doorstep. He looks tired and depressed, and when Vicki realizes that he's run away, she takes him in.
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American Dreamz
Title: American Dreamz
Character: First Lady
Released: March 4, 2006
Type: Movie
The new season of "American Dreamz," the wildly popular television singing contest, has captured the country's attention, as the competition looks to be between a young Midwestern gal and a showtunes-loving young man from Orange County. Recently awakened President Staton even wants in on the craze, as he signs up for the potential explosive season finale.
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Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
Title: Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
Character: Self
Released: January 15, 2006
Type: Movie
Filmmaker Freida Lee Mock explores the life and work of playwright Tony Kushner. Starting in 2001, when Kushner was mounting the production of his play Homebody/Kabul and running through 2004, as he worked on John Kerry's presidential campaign, got married to Mark Harris, worked with Maurice Sendak, and opened the Broadway musical Caroline, or Change.
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Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater
Title: Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 2006
Type: Movie
Theater producer and director Margo Jones pioneered the regional theater movement, supporting the work of new playwrights such as Tennessee Williams.
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Felicity: An American Girl Adventure
Title: Felicity: An American Girl Adventure
Character: Mrs. Martha Merriman
Released: November 29, 2005
Type: Movie
Pre-American Revolution Virginian girl whose love for the outdoors leads to the friendship of a lifetime. Felicity loves horses, and though her parents plead with her to remain indoors, she years to ride the open plains. When Felicity comes into contact with a beautiful mare which has suffered at the hands of its callous owner, she takes it upon herself to care for the creature.
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American Gun
Title: American Gun
Character: Janet Huttenson
Released: September 15, 2005
Type: Movie
Seemingly disparate portraits of people -- among them a single mother, a high school principal, and an ace student -- Distinctly American -- all affected by the proliferation of guns in American society.
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Willa Cather: The Road Is All
Title: Willa Cather: The Road Is All
Character: Voice of Willa Cather
Released: September 7, 2005
Type: Movie
Willa Cather had the great good fortune to have lived among the first generation of white settlers in 1880's Nebraska, and she gives witness to their time and place in such a way that American literature will never forget them.
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A Concert for Hurricane Relief
Title: A Concert for Hurricane Relief
Character: Presenter
Released: September 2, 2005
Type: Movie
A Hurricane Katrina relief concert. After Louisiana was destroyed by Katrina, famous stars all came together and put on this concert, which aired on over 20 television stations, including NBC, TV Guide Channel, ABC, CBS, PAX, FOX, Cinemax, TBS, and USA.
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Bad News Bears
Title: Bad News Bears
Character: Liz Whitewood
Released: July 22, 2005
Type: Movie
Morris Buttermaker is a burned-out minor league baseball player who loves to drink and can't keep his hands to himself. His long-suffering lawyer arranges for him to manage a local Little League team, and Buttermaker soon finds himself the head of a rag-tag group of misfit players. Through unconventional team-building exercises and his offbeat coaching style, Buttermaker helps his hapless Bears prepare to meet their rivals, the Yankees.
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P.S.
Title: P.S.
Character: Missy Goldberg
Released: October 15, 2004
Type: Movie
Louise, an unfulfilled divorced woman with regrets, gets the chance to relive her past when she meets a young man who bears an uncanny resemblance, in name and appearance, to her high school sweetheart who died many years before.
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See You in My Dreams
Title: See You in My Dreams
Character: Angela Brown
Released: June 13, 2004
Type: Movie
Joe, an overwrought rancher is striving from his harsh upbringing, trying make a better life for his family. When his business falters, Joe fears his son, at the age of 15, will follow in his footsteps, and decides to drive him from home.
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Welcome to Mooseport
Title: Welcome to Mooseport
Character: Grace Sutherland
Released: February 24, 2004
Type: Movie
A US president who has retired after two terms in office returns to his hometown of Mooseport, Maine and decides to run for Mayor against another local candidate.
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She's Too Young
Title: She's Too Young
Character: Trish Vogul
Released: February 16, 2004
Type: Movie
A mother/daughter relationship is thrown off balance when the mother discovers that her "good girl" daughter is part of a group who are engaging in sexual activities with multiple partners that results in an outbreak of sexually transmitted diseases.
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Mona Lisa Smile
Title: Mona Lisa Smile
Character: Nancy Abbey
Released: December 19, 2003
Type: Movie
Katherine Watson is a recent UCLA graduate hired to teach art history at the prestigious all-female Wellesley College, in 1953. Determined to confront the outdated mores of society and the institution that embraces them, Katherine inspires her traditional students, including Betty and Joan, to challenge the lives they are expected to lead.
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Casa de los Babys
Title: Casa de los Babys
Character: Nan
Released: September 19, 2003
Type: Movie
A group of women, including Skipper, the wealthy young Jennifer and the domineering Nan, journey from the United States to South America in hopes of easily adopting children. Unfortunately, their plans are complicated by local laws that require the women to live in the foreign nation for an extended period before they can take in orphaned kids. While stuck in another country, the women bond as they share their aspirations and anxieties.
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Mystic River
Title: Mystic River
Character: Celeste Boyle
Released: March 3, 2003
Type: Movie
The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.
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King of Texas
Title: King of Texas
Character: Mrs. Susannah Lear Tumlinson
Released: June 2, 2002
Type: Movie
In this re-imagining of Shakespear's King Lear, Patrick Stewart stars as John Lear, a Texas cattle baron, who, after dividing his wealth among his three daughters, is rejected by them.
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Guilty Hearts
Title: Guilty Hearts
Character: Jenny Moran
Released: February 10, 2002
Type: Movie
Quiet and unassuming church organist Jenny Moran is depressed with her marriage to working-class Matt and leaves him. Jenny begins an affair with the manipulative and charming Dr. Stephen Carrow, who is also deacon of her church and a married man. Someone kills Carrow's wife after she learns of the affair between Jenny and her husband. The murderer is caught and confesses, but that confession leads to new lies which tear apart Jenny Moran's life.
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Title: The Education of Max Bickford
Character: Andrea Haskell
Released: September 23, 2001
Type: TV
The Education of Max Bickford is a television drama that aired from 2001 to 2002 on CBS. It starred Richard Dreyfuss as the title character, a college professor of American Studies at Chadwick College, an all-women's school in New Jersey. Also starring was child actor Eric Ian Goldberg, who portrayed the young Lester Bickford, Max's son. Max's colleagues included Marcia Gay Harden as Andrea Haskell, his former student who had recently joined the faculty, and Helen Shaver as his best friend Erica, previously known as Steve before her transition. Max's daughter Nell, played by Katee Sackhoff, attended the college.
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Walking Shadow
Title: Walking Shadow
Character: Susan Silverman
Released: August 26, 2001
Type: Movie
Spenser attends a play at his girlfriend's insistence to meet a director who is allegedly being stalked. During the performance, the lead actor in a hale of fake arrows is suddenly killed by a real arrow from a crossbow. This launches Spencer into an investigation of everyone involved with the theatrical company and leads him up against a Chinese mobster, who warns Spencer to quit questioning his wife, one of the theater's patrons. However, everything changes when the mobster is found beaten to death.
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Gaudi Afternoon
Title: Gaudi Afternoon
Character: Frankie
Released: May 1, 2001
Type: Movie
Barcelona hasn’t turned out to be the romantic dreamland fledgling translator Cassandra thought it would be. She’s about to return to America when the mysterious Frankie offers her a large sum of money to track down Frankie’s missing lover.
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Thin Air
Title: Thin Air
Character: Susan Silverman
Released: September 12, 2000
Type: Movie
Frank Belson didn't ask too many questions about the past of his new wife Lisa St. Claire, even after she suddenly and mysteriously disappeared one night. He brings in Spenser to help locate her, who begins to piece together her complete life story while submerged in the Latino shadow world of the town of Proctor.
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Pollock
Title: Pollock
Character: Lee Krasner
Released: September 6, 2000
Type: Movie
In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?" The film is a look back into the life of an extraordinary man, a man who has fittingly been called "an artist dedicated to concealment, a celebrity who nobody knew." As he struggled with self-doubt, engaging in a lonely tug-of-war between needing to express himself and wanting to shut the world out, Pollock began a downward spiral.
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Space Cowboys
Title: Space Cowboys
Character: Sara Holland
Released: August 4, 2000
Type: Movie
Frank Corvin, ‘Hawk’ Hawkins, Jerry O'Neill and ‘Tank’ Sullivan were hotdog members of Project Daedalus, the Air Force's test program for space travel, but their hopes were dashed in 1958 with the formation of NASA and the use of trained chimps. They blackmail their way into orbit when Russia's mysterious ‘Ikon’ communications satellite's orbit begins to degrade and threatens to crash to Earth.
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From Where I Sit
Title: From Where I Sit
Character: Sharon
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Dana Lewis
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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Small Vices
Title: Small Vices
Character: Susan Silverman
Released: July 18, 1999
Type: Movie
Bested on the best-selling novel by author Robert B. Parker, Joe Mantegna is Spenser - Boston's best-known private eye. Called upon to investigate a case of murder, corruption, and betrayal, the super sleuth finds himself marked for death and on the run from a ruthless international assassin.
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Curtain Call
Title: Curtain Call
Character: Michelle Tippet
Released: December 5, 1998
Type: Movie
A bachelor afraid of marriage angers his long-time girlfriend by buying a splendid townhouse just for himself, only to find it haunted by the ghosts of a famous theatrical couple, who teach him about love and commitment.
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Meet Joe Black
Title: Meet Joe Black
Character: Allison Parrish
Released: November 12, 1998
Type: Movie
When the grim reaper comes to collect the soul of megamogul Bill Parrish, he arrives with a proposition: Host him for a "vacation" among the living in trade for a few more days of existence. Parrish agrees, and using the pseudonym Joe Black, Death begins taking part in Parrish's daily agenda and falls in love with the man's daughter. Yet when Black's holiday is over, so is Parrish's life.
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Labor of Love
Title: Labor of Love
Character: Annie Pines
Released: May 4, 1998
Type: Movie
Annie, a 36-year-old, single woman, desperately wants to have a child. Her best friend, Mickey, a gay man who had tried unsuccessfully to adopt a child, also feels the pangs of parental yearning. The couple decides to have a naturally conceived child together. Mickey moves in with Annie, but she then meets Gordon, the man of her dreams with whom she has a passionate fling. Annie finds herself pregnant and not exactly sure which of the two men in her life is the father. But commitment-shy Gordon wants nothing to do with the child. Mickey eventually assures Annie that no matter what, he will help raise the child as his, together as a family with Annie.
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Desperate Measures
Title: Desperate Measures
Character: Dr. Samantha Hawkins
Released: January 30, 1998
Type: Movie
San Francisco police officer Frank Connor is in a frantic search for a compatible bone marrow donor for his gravely ill son. There's only one catch the potential donor is convicted multiple murderer Peter McCabe who sees a trip to the hospital as the perfect opportunity to get what he wants most: freedom. With McCabe's escape, the entire hospital becomes a battleground and Connor must pursue and, ironically, protect the deadly fugitive who is his son's only hope for survival.
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Flubber
Title: Flubber
Character: Dr. Sara Jean Reynolds
Released: November 26, 1997
Type: Movie
Professor Phillip Brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant Weebo, trying to create a substance that's a new source of energy and that will save Medfield College where his sweetheart Sara is the president. He has missed his wedding twice, and on the afternoon of his third wedding, Professor Brainard creates flubber, which allows objects to fly through the air.
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Title: The View
Character: Self
Released: August 11, 1997
Type: TV
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Meghan McCain, and Abby Huntsman, discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.
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Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
Title: Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
Character: Nancy Floyd
Released: June 14, 1997
Type: Movie
The incredible story of the events leading up to the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York and the capture of the terrorists.
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The Daytrippers
Title: The Daytrippers
Character: Libby
Released: March 5, 1997
Type: Movie
Eliza D'Amico thinks her marriage to Louis is going great until she finds a mysterious love note to her husband. Concerned, she goes to her mother for advice. Eliza, her parents, her sister Jo, and Jo's boyfriend all pile into a station wagon to go to the city to confront Louis with the letter. On the way, the five explore their relations with each other and meet many interesting people.
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Far Harbor
Title: Far Harbor
Character: Arabella
Released: November 22, 1996
Type: Movie
A group of seven young people spend a weekend in the home of a wealthy yuppie on Long Island and live out their problems.
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The First Wives Club
Title: The First Wives Club
Character: Dr. Leslie Rosen
Released: September 20, 1996
Type: Movie
After years of helping their hubbies climb the ladder of success, three mid-life Manhattanites have been dumped for a newer, curvier model. But the trio is determined to turn their pain into gain. They come up with a cleverly devious plan to hit their exes where it really hurts - in the wallet!
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The Spitfire Grill
Title: The Spitfire Grill
Character: Shelby Goddard
Released: August 23, 1996
Type: Movie
Percy, upon being released from prison, goes to the small town of Gillead, to find a place where she can start over again. She is taken in by Hannah, to help out at her place, the Spitfire Grill. Percy brings change to the small town, stirring resentment and fear in some, and growth in others.
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Spy Hard
Title: Spy Hard
Character: Miss Cheevus
Released: May 24, 1996
Type: Movie
The evil Gen. Rancor has his sights set on world domination, and only one man can stop him: Dick Steele, also known as Agent WD-40. Rancor needs to obtain a computer circuit for the missile that he is planning to fire, so Steele teams up with Veronique Ukrinsky, a KGB agent whose father designed the chip. Together they try to locate the evil mastermind's headquarters, where Veronique's father and several other hostages are being held.
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Convict Cowboy
Title: Convict Cowboy
Character: Maggie Sinclair
Released: July 15, 1995
Type: Movie
New inmate Clay Treyton, doing time for fisticuffs, is sent to a Montana ranch where prisoners spend time working with horses. Encouraged by the warden, the men ride in prison rodeos, and murderer Ry Weston, an ex-pro horseman, is the team's top performer. Clay and Ry become friends, exchanging lessons about horses and life. But when prison black marketeers start leaning on Ry, the men have more than rodeos to worry about.
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Safe Passage
Title: Safe Passage
Character: Cynthia
Released: December 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Recently estranged from her husband, and mother of seven sons, Mag Singer stands poised to pursue a whole new way of life. But when one of her children is involved in an explosion while on duty in the Middle East, Mag must rexamine everything she cherishes.
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Title: Chicago Hope
Released: September 18, 1994
Type: TV
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago, Illinois. The show is set to return in the fall of 2013 on TVGN in reruns.
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Title: Fallen Angels
Character: Marie
Released: August 1, 1993
Type: TV
A neo-noir anthology television series, set in somber Los Angeles right after World War II and before the election of American President John F. Kennedy. The episodes, although filmed in color, mimicked what had been done by Hollywood filmmakers during the film noir era of the 1940s and 1950s in terms of tone, look, and story content.
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In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway
Title: In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway
Released: June 11, 1993
Type: Movie
Backstage documentary chronicling the Original Broadway Production of “Angels in America.”
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Geoffrey Beene 30
Title: Geoffrey Beene 30
Released: April 5, 1993
Type: Movie
A profile of fashion designer Geoffrey Beene, on his 30 years in the industry.
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Title: Homicide: Life on the Street
Released: January 31, 1993
Type: TV
An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.
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Used People
Title: Used People
Character: Norma
Released: December 16, 1992
Type: Movie
At her husband's funeral, Pearl, Jewish mother of two divorced and antagonistic daughters, meets an old Italian friend of her husband, whose advice years previously had stopped the husband leaving home. For 23 years he, now a widower, has secretly loved Pearl...
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Title: Sinatra
Character: Ava Gardner
Released: November 8, 1992
Type: TV
Sinatra is a 1992 CBS miniseries biography and drama, starring Philip Casnoff as singer Frank Sinatra, developed and executive produced by Frank's youngest daughter Tina Sinatra.
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Crush
Title: Crush
Character: Lane
Released: September 15, 1992
Type: Movie
On the way to interview a novelist, Lane and Christina are involved in a car crash which leaves literary critic Christina brain-damaged. Lane undertakes the assignment and becomes attracted to the novelist's 15 year old daughter, leading to stormy emotions.
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Title: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Released: May 25, 1992
Type: TV
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jay Leno that initially aired from May 25, 1992 to May 29, 2009, and resumed production on March 1, 2010. The fourth incarnation of the Tonight Show franchise made its debut on May 25, 1992, three days following Johnny Carson's retirement as host of the program. The program originates from NBC Studios in Burbank, California, and is broadcast Monday through Friday at 11:35 PM in the Eastern and Pacific time zones. Unlike Carson or his predecessor Jack Paar, Leno only once utilized a guest host, preferring to host the series by himself. On April 26, 1999, the show began broadcasting in 1080i HDTV, becoming the first American nightly talk show to be shot in high definition. The show is shot in 16:9 aspect ratio. The series, which followed the same basic format as that of his predecessors, ran until May 29, 2009, after which Leno was succeeded by Conan O'Brien. NBC signed Leno to a new deal for a nightly talk show in the 10:00 pm ET timeslot. The primetime series, titled The Jay Leno Show, debuted on September 14, 2009, following a similar format to the Leno incarnation of Tonight.
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Late for Dinner
Title: Late for Dinner
Character: Joy Husband
Released: September 20, 1991
Type: Movie
Two young men, one in need of medical attention, are cryogenically frozen in the early 1960s. The two are preoccupied with the fact that the police are pursuing them to realise what they are doing. The next thing they know is that they are in a strange new world (thirty years on).
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Fever
Title: Fever
Character: Lacy
Released: May 11, 1991
Type: Movie
Fresh out of prison, all Ray wants is to get back with Lacy, but she's in a stable relationship now with Elliott, a pacifist, and wants nothing to do with him. When she's kidnapped by Ray's former associates, he and Elliott must team up to save the woman they love.
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In Broad Daylight
Title: In Broad Daylight
Character: Adina Rowan
Released: February 3, 1991
Type: Movie
The fanatically uncompromising Len Rowan and his family insult and terrorize the citizens of a small town for years. One day the comment of a saleswoman about Len's son not being able to pay his sweets triggers off his persecution complex. As revenge for the believed insult, the whole family starts stalking the shop owner and her husband... until this escalates and the old man gets badly injured. Len is arrested, but gets off, free on bail. His clever attorney delays the court session for more than a year - while Rowan keeps threatening the witnesses. But then, the people feel they've had enough of this and decide to take the law in their own hands...
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Miller's Crossing
Title: Miller's Crossing
Character: Verna
Released: September 21, 1990
Type: Movie
Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.
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Kojak: None So Blind
Title: Kojak: None So Blind
Character: Angelina
Released: April 7, 1990
Type: Movie
After a flighty young woman accidentally witnesses a Mob hit in an Italian restaurant, New York Police Inspector Theo Kojak must both protect her from an unscrupulous Dutch hitman, and bring Mob kingpin Tony Salducci to justice.
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Title: Gideon Oliver
Character: Lila
Released: February 20, 1989
Type: TV
Gideon Oliver is a prime time television series that ran on the ABC television network between February 1989 and May 1989 as part of the ABC Mystery Movie rotation, along with B.L. Stryker, Kojak and Columbo. On the air for only five episodes, the series starred Emmy- and Academy Award-winning actor Louis Gossett, Jr., and was created by Dick Wolf. The title character first appeared in the novel series by mystery writer Aaron Elkins.
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Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
Title: Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
Character: Marcia Connelly
Released: February 29, 1988
Type: Movie
A humourous telling of the history of the comic book superhero.
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Title: Simon & Simon
Released: November 24, 1981
Type: TV
Simon & Simon is an American detective television series that originally ran from November 24, 1981 to January 21, 1989. The series was broadcast on CBS and starred Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker as two brothers who run a private detective agency together.
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Not Only Strangers
Title: Not Only Strangers
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
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Title: Great Performances
Character: Self
Released: January 28, 1971
Type: TV
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.
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Title: The Oscars
Character: Self
Released: March 19, 1953
Type: TV
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
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Title: Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character: Vicki Miller
Released: December 24, 1951
Type: TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
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Title: Drift
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV